1. Software Development Processes Employed in Video Game Development
Zhanna Seitenova
April 20, 2012 1

2. Agenda Video Game Development Software Development Models Sum Agile
Iterative Design
Scrum
Personal Software Process
Team Software Process
Sum 2

3. Video Game Video Game = Software with Games Art Audio Gameplay
Mainstream – funded by publisher, take several years
Indie – less time, produced cheaply

4. Game Development Games with poor development methods
Run over budget
Run over schedule
Have many bugs
Planning important for both mainstream and indie games

5. Game Development Process

6. Agile . 6

7. Iterative Design Generate Ideas Evaluate Formalize Results Ideas TestNo
Problems
Problems with
Design
Good
Enough
Evaluate
Results
Formalize
Ideas
Test
Ideas
gthj . 7

8. Scrum

9. PSP . 9

10. TSP Launch Execution Post Mortem
Establish goals, define team roles, assess risks, estimate effort, allocate tasks, and produce a team plan
Developers track planned and actual effort, schedule, and defects, meeting regularly (usually weekly) to report status and revise plans
Assess performance, revise planning parameters, and capture lessons learned for process improvement 10

11. Summary
Iterative
Incremental
Spiral

12. References
[1] Game Design Workshop, Second Edition, by Fullerton and Swain. Morgan Kaufmann, [2] The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, by Jesse Schell. Morgan Kaufmann, [3] Software development process [4] Game Development Process [5] Game Development Process [6] The Game Development Process, by Simon Hill [7] The Process of Game Creation & the Game Design Document [8] Design related articles [9] GDC Lectures

13. Questions
Thank you!